The gypsy, utterly lost in his attempts to continue in a tongue of which he knew so little, stammered for an instant and then asked curtly: "Do you speak German, sir?
Gavin stammered some vain tale of lost train and business calls; but he did not tear his eyes away from the Lady Evelyn's face.
He stammered off into a shocked silence, his eyes fastened on the scar, so unmistakably that of a burn.
For a moment Rougon felt both stunned and suffocated; he was unable to believe in this sudden triumph, and stammered like a child.
He stammered as he spoke, and felt more eager than ever to get out into the fresh air of the streets.
I don't know," stammered Lucretia, over her patchwork.
She sat still for some time without answering, and at last stammered out a few words.
The landlord stammeredsomething about 'your ladyship,' as I said 'Good-bye.
I don't mean I've done anything forward or unladylike--" stammered Helen.
She began to speak once or twice, and stammered and paused.
Listen, listen," he stammered in mortal terror, "the air hums with the wings of the giants.
The woman was mortified, and stammered an excuse:-- "I had no idea of offending you.
His voice again fell; he stammered and found himself unable to explain the formulas of the future that were rising within him.
The fear that he would dare to ask her did not even occur to her; she knew him well by now; she could have silenced him with a gesture, before he had stammered the first words, and in spite of his sudden bursts of anger.
Then the laughter began again, while the sculptorstammered his explanations.
Still, motionless, he listened to her as she stammered those tender words in an ardent voice, and suddenly he sank down at her feet, letting his head fall upon her knees, and bursting into tears.
The architect stammeredfrom sheer vexation: 'Yes, I am going to pay a visit.
At last, with his habitual shrug of the shoulders, he was taking up his brushes, when he heard some words stammered amidst a rustling of bed-clothes.
I stammered a confused reply, smothered by the children, who had climbed on my back when I stooped to kiss their mother.
This was happiness unspeakable, and like a fool I stammered out the confession that life without her would be impossible, that my existence hung on a thread which she held in her hand.
I stammered a reply, annoyed at having been caught in a trap set for me by a wily little schemer.
She stammered unintelligible, disconnected words about my generous heart, my kindness, my forbearance, the great compassion which I extended even to the worst of sinners.
My dear fellow," he said in answer to my stammered suggestion that marriage was simpler and less fraught with perilous possibilities, "Ann and I are not in the least hoodwinked by marriage.
I--I beg your pardon," stammered the Baron and glanced keenly at Mic-co.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stammered" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
